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Votes at a glance: Nevada Senate passes a package of assembly and budget bills on June 1, 2025
Summary
On June 1, 2025, the Nevada Senate passed a series of Assembly bills and appropriations measures (many unanimously) and concurred in several Assembly amendments; several bills were routine appropriations or procedural and were transmitted to the Assembly.
CARSON CITY, Nev. — During its June 1, 2025 floor session, the Nevada Senate approved a number of Assembly bills and appropriations measures, and took concurrence actions on several Senate bills amended by the Assembly. Most measures passed unanimously or with large majorities and were ordered transmitted to the Assembly or otherwise advanced.
Key votes (bill — short description — outcome)
- Assembly Bill 539 — authorizes the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation to establish a career-coaching program for certain pupils; passed 21–0 and ordered to the Assembly.
- Assembly Bill 542 — extends reversion dates for certain appropriations and revises offender sentence calculation provisions; passed 21–0 and ordered to the Assembly.
- Assembly Bill 543 — authorizes the Division of State Parks to lease grazing and pass-through rights on certain state real property; passed (tally recorded as 21–0) and ordered to the Assembly.
- Assembly Bill 558 — makes general-fund appropriations to restore account balances (state stale claims, emergency account, IFC contingency); total appropriations described in debate; passed 21–0 and ordered to the Assembly.
- Assembly Bill 567 — provides general-fund appropriations of $11,000,000 to the Nevada System of Higher Education for safety and security equipment and enhancements; passed 21–0 and ordered to the Assembly.
- Assembly Bill 568 — provides one-time general-fund appropriations totaling $57,500,000 to the Nevada System of Higher Education for operational and instructional expenses (as stated on the floor); passed 21–0 and ordered to the Assembly.
- Assembly Bill 570 — appropriations to the Department of Corrections for certain technology training and equipment; passed 21–0 and ordered to the Assembly.
- Assembly Bill 571 — appropriations to the Department of Education for surveys, offsets, professional development, IT projects, programs, grants and studies; amendment 9‑88 adopted; final passage recorded as 21–0.
- Assembly Bill 575 — appropriations to the Department of Public Safety for replacement hardware, vehicles and a recruiting campaign; passed 21–0 and ordered to the Assembly.
- Assembly Bill 581 — supplemental appropriations to the Department of Corrections for unanticipated shortfalls; passed 21–0 and ordered to the Assembly.
- Assembly Bill 585 — reduces bill-draft-request allocations and prescribes deadlines for submissions; passed (yes 17, no 4) and ordered to the Assembly.
- Assembly Bill 594 — authorizes the Department of Taxation to deliver certain notices and written documents electronically under circumstances described on the floor; passed 21–0 and ordered to the Assembly.
- Assembly Bill 595 — revises provisions governing fiscal information for legislative measures; passed 21–0 and ordered to the Assembly.
- Assembly Bill 49 — authorizes provisional hiring of out-of-state licensed teachers for up to one year while they complete Nevada licensure requirements; passed 21–0 and ordered to the Assembly.
- Assembly Bill 76 — revises provisions relating to cannabis and related candidate provisions; vote recorded as 20 yes, 0 no, 1 abstention (Sen. Orenshall announced an abstention due to a disclosed conflict of interest); passed and ordered to the Assembly.
Concurrence actions and other Senate items
- The Senate concurred in Assembly amendments to several Senate bills, including SB 48 (planning and zoning), SB 298 (peace officers), SB 380 (autism spectrum disorders), SB 443 (public works), and SB 499 (state financial administration); concurrence motions carried and the Assembly was to be notified.
Notes on procedure and context
Most bills were advanced with limited floor debate and unanimous or near-unanimous recorded votes. Several were appropriations and funding-measure items carried by the Assembly Ways and Means or other committees; where floor comments summarized funding amounts (for example AB 568 and AB 571), those amounts were spoken on the record. AB 585 drew the largest recorded opposition on the floor (4 no votes). AB 76 included a recorded abstention after a senator disclosed a potential conflict due to a family member's appointment.
Ending
The measures listed above were ordered to the Assembly or otherwise advanced according to the Senate record from the June 1, 2025 floor session.
